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Lamar Advertising Company Announces Acquisition of Alliance Airport Advertising, Expanding Media Inventory in Five Airports Across the U.S.

Baton Rouge, LA – July 7, 2015 – Lamar Advertising Company (Nasdaq: LAMR), one of the largest outdoor advertising companies in North America, today announced its recent acquisition of Alliance Airport Advertising. The acquisition adds a variety of traditional advertising and experiential displays in five major airports, enhancing the nation’s most distinctive out-of-home advertising portfolio.

"We are thrilled to bring the Alliance team on board," said Lamar chief executive Sean Reilly. "As we've gotten to know the airport advertising business over the last several years, we have recognized that it's a terrific fit within Lamar. Alliance has established powerful relationships with some of the nation's leading airports, and we look forward to extending their proven operating model to additional airports."

Shauna Forsythe, who founded Alliance 16 years ago and served as its president and chief executive, will lead Lamar's airport division, to be known as Lamar Alliance Airport Advertising.

“Bringing our two companies together creates a powerhouse for our airport partners,” said Forsythe. “Our expanded footprint will offer airports nationwide the opportunity to experience our personal attention and service, with strengthened sales. We are the alternative. And we’re a good one."

Financial terms of the transaction, which closed July 1, were not disclosed.

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About Lamar Advertising Company
Founded in 1902, Lamar Advertising Company (Nasdaq: LAMR) is one of the largest outdoor advertising companies in North America, with more than 315,000 displays across the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico. Lamar offers advertisers a variety of billboard, interstate logo and transit advertising formats, helping both local businesses and national brands reach broad audiences every day. In addition to its more traditional out-of-home inventory, Lamar is proud to offer its customers the largest network of digital billboards in the United States with over 2,000 displays. Please feel free to explore our website www.lamar.com or contact us for additional information.

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A New Word on the Internet

Look up: in Forest Hills, on Queens Boulevard and Seventy-first Avenue, atop the Tudor-style building at One Continental, above the Vitamin Shoppe and a palm-and-tarot reader, is a billboard owned by Lamar, the ubiquitous sign company. Lamar estimates that 125,000 people view that billboard per week. One morning, an artist named Julia Weist stood across the way from the sign, of her making, which reads “parbunkells,” displayed fifty feet wide.